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Five Alabama Jail Medical Staff Indicted in Death of Mentally Ill Inmate
Five medical employees at an Alabama jail have been indicted in connection with the death of a mentally ill man who died of hypothermia after being held for two weeks in a concrete cell. The indictment unsealed Tuesday brings the …
Read More Luxembourg Probes Possible Wrongdoing Tied to China CO2 Credits
Luxembourg authorities are looking into possible wrongdoing tied to carbon-credit projects based in China that have been tapped by European companies to reduce their CO2 footprints. “The Prosecutor General’s office is currently investigating the matter,” a spokesperson at Luxembourg’s ministry …
Read More Parents Want More Warnings After Brain-Eating Amoeba Killed Son in SC Lake
Two weeks after Jaysen Carr spent the Fourth of July swimming and riding on a boat on one of South Carolina’s most popular lakes, he was dead from an amoeba that lives in the warm water and entered his brain …
Read More Newsom Seeks $18B for Utilities’ Wildfire Fund as California Faces Future Blazes
California Gov. Gavin Newsom is circulating a legislative proposal to shore up a state fund for utilities that’s at risk of being depleted following the deadly wildfires that struck Los Angeles County in January. The plan would channel an additional …
Read More Damages Exceed $3 Million After Towboat Strikes Iowa Bridge
Damages totaled more than $3 million after a tow pilot struck components of an Iowa bridge in May 2024, the National Transportation Safety Board said in a recent investigation report. According to an NTSB news release issued Tuesday, the towing …
Read More Markel Insurance Selling Reinsurance Renewal Rights to Nationwide
Markel Insurance is running off its global reinsurance business and selling renewal rights to the $1.2 billion book to Nationwide, according to Markel Group and Nationwide in separate announcements on Wednesday. Neither company disclosed financial terms of the deal. Markel …
Read More Court Blocks Arkansas Ban on Pharmacy Benefit Managers Owning Pharmacies
A federal judge temporarily blocked on Monday Arkansas’ first-in-the-nation law that would have prohibited pharmacy benefit managers from owning pharmacies in the state. U.S. District Judge Brian Miller issued a preliminary injunction against the law restricting pharmacy benefit managers, who …
Read More US Property-Focused-MGA Avatar Launches in UK, Led by Clapham From Aon
Avatar MGA Ltd., a next generation managing general agent (MGA), has received Lloyd’s coverholder and UK regulatory approval to begin binding business from Aug. 1, 2025. The US D&F property-focused MGA is backed by three market-leading syndicates at Lloyd’s, the …
Read More Strong Storms in Upper Plains and Midwest Damage Buildings, Cause Power Outages
Strong storms that brought hurricane-force winds to an area stretching from the Upper Plains to the Midwest have been preliminarily classified by the National Weather Service as a derecho, defined as a long-lived line of storms with extreme winds. The …
Read More Potential Removal of Petrochemical Watchdog Puts Texans at Risk, Critics Say
Even today, more than five years later, residents still talk about the fire. The chemical facility burned for three days, leaked toxic runoff into the waterways, forced schools and businesses to close and prompted a shelter-in-place order for everyone in …
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